The Mineral Sciences Department curates a world-class collection that includes minerals, rocks, gems, ores, and meteorites and conducts research focusing on furthering scientific understanding of these materials. The department actively maintains the Museum's world renowned Hall of Gems and Minerals and provides general and scientific programming through the Museum's Gem & Mineral Council. See the Find Us! links to the right to find out more information about what we do!https://nhm.org/site/research-collections/mineral-sciencesAaron Celestian, Associate Curator, acelesti@nhm.orgAlyssa R. Morgan, Collections Manager, amorgan@nhm.orgAnthony R. Kampf, Curator Emeritus http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,6868.0.html